A Todt Hill Mansion With a Rooftop Ballroom and Indoor Pool Asks $13,995,000

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At 177 Benedict Road, Staten Island, NY 10304, the party spaces are upstairs. A ballroom, café, salon and movie theater share the top floor with a heated indoor pool under sloping glass. From Todt Hill, the property looks toward the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and New York Harbor. The estate is asking $13,995,000.

PreReal Prendamano Real Estate lists the house at about 33,000 square feet across four levels, with eight bedrooms and 17 bathrooms as marketed. The grounds cover approximately 1.6 acres. The layout puts the two largest spaces for entertaining at opposite ends of the house. The ballroom is upstairs, and a kitchen built to serve large gatherings is on the lower level.


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The aerial view takes in the residence, outdoor pool and patterned gardens
The aerial view takes in the residence, outdoor pool and patterned gardens.

A Ballroom and a Swim on the Same Floor

The listing calls the rooftop level “an entertainment destination of its own.” In the photographs, the spaces have distinct moods. The ballroom is light and open, with a broad tiled floor under chandeliers. The theater turns inward, with rows of red seats, a curtained screen and green columns. Tables in the café line the windows opposite a wood bar.


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The heated indoor pool runs alongside a sloping wall of glass
The heated indoor pool runs alongside a sloping wall of glass.
Chandeliers hang above the tiled floor of the ballroom
Chandeliers hang above the tiled floor of the ballroom.

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Red seats face a curtained screen in the private theater
Red seats face a curtained screen in the private theater.

The pool takes advantage of the roofline. Glass slopes down along one side, bringing daylight across the water. An outdoor terrace on the upper floor offers another vantage point over the surrounding trees. The salon adds a smaller room to a level otherwise built around group gatherings.


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Café tables sit beside the wood bar and a row of windows
Café tables sit beside the wood bar and a row of windows.
An upper terrace looks out over the treetops
An upper terrace looks out over the treetops.

A Double Staircase and the Formal Rooms

Below, the entry hall introduces the house’s more formal side. A red carpet leads up the central staircase, which divides into two flights beneath a chandelier. The marble floor leaves a wide approach to the stair, and the upper balustrade follows the shape of the hall.


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A red carpet follows the staircase as it divides into two flights
A red carpet follows the staircase as it divides into two flights.

The reception rooms vary in color and scale. Blue seating stands out against pale paneling in one room. The dining room has warmer walls and a row of chandeliers over the table. In another sitting room, green trim picks up the tones of the garden visible through the arched windows. Bedrooms and bathrooms continue the detailed ceiling work and stone finishes seen in the public rooms.


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Pale moldings frame a formal sitting room with blue sofas
Pale moldings frame a formal sitting room with blue sofas.
Chandeliers and painted wall panels surround the formal dining table
Chandeliers and painted wall panels surround the formal dining table.

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Tall arched windows light a sitting room with green trim
Tall arched windows light a sitting room with green trim.

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An ornate ceiling and chandelier frame one of the bedrooms
An ornate ceiling and chandelier frame one of the bedrooms.
A freestanding tub sits in a bathroom lined in pale stone
A freestanding tub sits in a bathroom lined in pale stone.

A Kitchen Built for a Crowd

On the lower level, a commercial caliber kitchen gives caterers and private chefs room to work away from the formal dining room. The photographs show a broad island and a dining table in an adjoining area, both beneath illuminated coffers. The listing also identifies a separate wine and cigar room. A billiards room and fitness room provide two other ways to use the house between gatherings.


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A wide island anchors the lower level kitchen beneath a coffered ceiling
A wide island anchors the lower level kitchen beneath a coffered ceiling.

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A long table adjoins the kitchen on the lower level
A long table adjoins the kitchen on the lower level.
A billiards table sits beneath a coffered wood ceiling
A billiards table sits beneath a coffered wood ceiling.

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Exercise equipment fills a fitness room beneath a curved illuminated ceiling
Exercise equipment fills a fitness room beneath a curved illuminated ceiling.

A commercial elevator rated for 12 people serves the four levels, according to the listing. Several garages provide parking for a collection, with one photographed bay showing a wide tiled floor and a bank of doors.


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Multiple garage doors open onto a tiled parking area
Multiple garage doors open onto a tiled parking area.

Formal Gardens Below the Terraces

Outside, a second pool sits against the terraced rear elevation. From the pool deck, paths lead into a parterre where clipped hedges and flowering beds form geometric patterns. Water features and planted walks continue through the grounds. A covered gathering area, outdoor kitchen and dedicated restrooms allow a reception to stay outside.

The outdoor pool sits at the foot of the terraced rear elevation
The outdoor pool sits at the foot of the terraced rear elevation.

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Clipped hedges and bands of flowers form a geometric parterre
Clipped hedges and bands of flowers form a geometric parterre.

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An arched canopy shelters a paved gathering space in the garden
An arched canopy shelters a paved gathering space in the garden.

Owner comment was not obtained for this article.

Listing and Contact Information

177 Benedict Road, Staten Island, NY 10304
Anthony Volpe and Robert J. Nixon, PreReal Prendamano Real Estate
Anthony Volpe (646) 533-9557
Brokerage (718) 200-7799

View the property on Zillow.

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